An update on my dad (from my mom)

Well it's been a VERY stressful week. We met with a blood specialist on Monday. The doctor tried to schedule a treatment for Dean for Monday evening where they inject in iron concoction directly into the veins. He told us the risks were that if there is an allergic reaction to the treatment, it could be deadly! The treatment had to be done in the emergency room so he could be monitored very closely during the initial testing period and during the treatment.

After waiting around for a while, they discovered that the pharmacist was gone already for the day at the hospital so the treatment was scheduled for Tuesday afternoon. Not much sleep for us Monday night.

I worked half a day Tuesday and got home in time to listen to a message from the hospital that the pharmacist wasn't in that day and the treatment had to be rescheduled for Wednesday afternoon! Aaaaaarrrrrrggggggghhhhhh!!!!!!

We were at the hospital until 7:30 last night. Dean came through the treatment ok. He felt yucky/funny, etc. during the treatment but it appears to have gone ok.

Now we need to wait until Monday for some more tests to see if the treatment had any effect. The doctor is probably going to schedule a bone marrow biopsy next week to see what else they can find out.

Will let you know more as we find it out.

Leona